58 people from all communities who are trained in government and private pathashala’s appointed as temple priests in Tamil Nadu.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- 58 priests from various castes appointed as temple priests in Tamil Nadu
- Most of the priests appointed today will be offering archanas in Tamil.
Chennai: Tamil Nadu government on Saturday appointment 58 people from other castes who finished training as priests in the temples which come under Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment.
Though the government order for appointing people who are fully trained as priests from other castes was passed in 2006, so far only 2 were appointed as priests due to legal stay until 2015.
As promised in the election promise made by the DMK in 2021 elections, on Saturday the Chief Minister MK Stalin handed over appointment orders for 58 from various communities who finished training to become priests.
In 58 the who are appointed today, 24 were trained in Government run pathashala’s and 34 from private pathashala’s. In the 58 who were appointed today, 5 from schedule classes,6 from Most Backward Classes, 12 from Backward Classes and 1 from the general category. Along with this, appointments for 138 other people who will work in temples at different levels were also given.
This appointments are made in line with the HR&CE departments latest announcement of performing Pooja’s in Tamil at the temples in the State and it has been already started at few important temples in the State and the priests who were given appointment orders today will be used for performing pooja’s in Tamil.
Welcoming the decision pontiff Kundrakudi Ponnambala Adigalar said it is the will of the great saints like Appar and Ramanujan that anyone can become a priest in temple without any differences.
Hindu religious and charitable endowment under the DMK Government also have announced that the HR&CE department will also train women who come forward to take up training to become priest in the temples in Tamil Nadu.
